Rep. Lee Cheol-gyu and the ‘age solidarity theory’
“I’m thinking, ‘This isn’t right.’”
Ahead of the National Assembly Speaker election for the first half of the 22nd National Assembly, while candidates from the Democratic Party of Korea are competing for untimely pro-name clarity, former lawmaker Na Kyung-won said, “We need to think together about whether the majority party should unconditionally be the Speaker of the National Assembly.” “he said.
Former lawmaker Na, who won the 5th term in the 22nd general election, appeared on CBS Radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ on the 25th and said, “The spirit of consensus is the most important in the National Assembly. Agreement comes before majority voting,” and “The majority party always appoints the Speaker of the National Assembly.” “I didn’t mean to do it,” he said.
Former lawmaker Na said, “The first case in which the opposition party became the chairman of the National Assembly (during the second half of the 16th National Assembly) was Chairman Park Kwan-yong, and the last time was Chairman Kim Jin-pyo,” and added, “The Democratic Party will have not only the chairman but also the standing chairman. “What is coming out is against basic parliamentary democracy,” he pointed out.
He continued, “Congress does not necessarily represent political parties,” and added, “People also said a lot in this election, ‘I don’t want to vote for both parties.’ We need to fundamentally rethink parliamentary democracy.”
He emphasized, “Starting in the early 2000s, the Speaker of the National Assembly began to withdraw from the party and declare neutrality, and the Speaker must be more thorough in protecting that policy. Otherwise, I think politics itself will be distrusted even more.”
It appears to have been an indirect criticism of the situation in which the Democratic Party candidates who are running for the Speaker of the National Assembly in the first half of the 22nd National Assembly are competing with each other to assert their ‘clear intentions’ and pledge to help the Democratic Party lead the National Assembly.
Regarding the theory of ‘age solidarity’ with Rep. ‘Chin Yoon’ Lee Cheol-gyu, the People Power Party’s floor leader candidate, former lawmaker Na drew a line by saying, “I don’t think this is right.”
He said, “I have never thought about whether I should become the party leader,” and “I am really worried about what the party should do in the future.”
Former lawmaker Na also expressed his displeasure at the fact that some people reported ‘age solidarity’ in light of the solidarity of Kim Jang (Kim Ki-hyeon and Jang Je-won) at the last national convention. He said, “At that time, former leader Kim Ki-hyun had very low approval ratings,” and “only then would it have meant joining forces to elect one person as party leader.”
He added, “I’m not in a situation right now to declare (a candidacy for party leader),” and “Anyway, I’m too tired from the election.”
Regarding whether former Emergency Response Committee Chairman Han Dong-hoon would appear at the national convention, former lawmaker Na said, “It’s up to you to decide.” He added, “If I say things like, ‘You shouldn’t show up because you’re responsible for the defeat,’ aren’t articles like ‘checks’ coming out again? “It’s not right for me to argue about that,” he said sparingly.
Seulgi Lee, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]
